Folding chair.



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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

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E. ATTERBY.

FOLDING GHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1912. I

Patented June 30, 1914.

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EDVARD ATTERBY, OF RQCEESTER, NEW YORK.

FOLDING CHAIR.

Application filed November 4, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD ATTERBY, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in folding chairs, being particularly applicable to that class of chairs employed in vehicles, such as automobiles, as supplemental seats to be used when the regular seats are taxed to their full capacity, and foldable against the side or the body of the vehicle when not in use, and it has for its object to provide a novel construction and arrangement of parts possessing simplicity of construction, and the utmost strength and rigidity.

A further object of my invention resides in an arrangement whereby the parts are rigidly held when the chair is either folded or unfolded for use, and all rattling or jarring when the vehicle is in motion is effectually prevented.

Still another object of my invention consists in the provision of a chair that can readily be folded and unfolded, and in such a manner as not to interfere with the interior of the vehicle.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing a portion of the side of an automobile body, and a preferred form of chair, constructed in accordance with my invention, in folded position against the side; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the chair thrown forwardly, in its first position of unfolding; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 49% of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional view, similar to Fig. 4:, with the chair unfolded, ready for use; Fig. 6 is a side elevation, showing the chair completely unfolded, the chair back appearing in dotted lines in its first folded position; Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the parts as shown in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 36, 153314.

Serial No. 729,308.

(3 with the back folded against the seat, and Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the parts, showing the seat in its first folded position, cor responding to Fig. 4.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate the same parts.

I have illustrated the invention, in the present embodiment, as applied to a vehicle, in which 1 designates one side of the body' against which the chair is housed when folded.

2 is a socket that is preferably attached to the side wall 1 or may otherwise be secured within the vehicle, and is adapted to receive the support 3 upon which the chair is mounted in the manner that I will now describe.

The support 3 fits rigidly into the socket 2, the chair being pivotally mounted upon the support 011 two independent horizontal axes, whereby it may swing in two different vertical planes, which, are preferably at right angles to each other. With this end in View I provide a carrier 4 which is pivotally arranged to turn on a horizontal axis near the top of the support, and for this purpose it is provided with an annular neck 5 journaled in the opening in the support and held in place by the headed bolt 6 which threads into the neck 5 and engages the side of the support. Pivotallv arranged on the carrier 4 is the chair holding member, designated generally at 7 and embodying arms 8 which are pivotally connected to the carrier by means of the bolt 9 which constitutes the axis for the pivotal movement of the chair holding member and is disposed in the same plane with the axis of the carrier, and at right angles to the latter, whereby the said axes intersect each other. The chair holding member includes integral extensions 10 and 11 which are adapted to be attached to the seat portion of the chair in any suitable manner, the first mentioned extension 10 extending diagonally across the seat, while the other extension 11 is directed parallel to and along one edge of the same. The back portion, designated at 12, is pivotally connected to the seat portion, and to this end is pro vided with supporting rods 13, one of which is pivoted between ears 14: arranged on the seat holding member, while the other is similarly connected to ears 15 formed upon a plate 16 which is attached to the opposite side of the seat.

The chair is shown in its normal position ready for use, "in Fig. 6, and when it is to be folded, the back portion is first turned upon the seat portion, as shown in dotted lines. The seat portion is then swung upwardly upon the pivotal axis 9 to the position shown in Fig. 2, and thence rearwardly on the axis 7 5 to the position shown in Fig. 1. It is necessary to limit the several turning movements of the parts, relatively to each other,

10 in order to secure proper cooperation, and to chair, its downward movement being determined by a stop formed upon the seat holding member, and preferably comprising the flange or projecting portion 19 which en 20 gages the top of the support when lowered, as shown in Fig. 5. The movements of the chair holding member in the other vertical plane are determined by a stop 20 formed thereon and arranged so as to engage one side of the support 8 at the top, as shown in Fig. 2, or below the top, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the upward and downward movements of the chair are accurately limited, relatively to the axis 5.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. In a folding chair, the combination with a support, of a carrier pivotally mounted on the support on a horizontal axis, and a chair holding member pivotally arranged on the carrier on an axis intersecting the axis of the carrier and arranged at right angles thereto, said chair holding member including a stop adapted to engage the support at two different points to limit the movement of the chair holding member in opposite directions.

2.'In a folding chair, the combination with a support, of a carrier pivotally mounted on the support on a horizontal axis, a chair holding member pivotally arranged on the carrier on an axis intersecting the axis of the carrier and arranged at right angles thereto, said chair holding member including a stop adapted to engage the support at two difierent points to limit its movement in opposite directions, and an additional stop on the chair holding member adapted to engage the top of the support when the chair is lowered.

EDWARD ATTERBY. l/Vitnesses:

H. E. STONEBRAKER, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

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